Europe’s other top historical canal cities of Venice and Amsterdam have both taken steps to bar cruise ships calling. Venice received a wake-up call in July when UNESCO recommended the city be ...

You can’t get directly to Bruges by plane, and the most popular choice for people is to take the train from Brussels, since ...

Belgium is a unique combination of history and scenic beauty, particularly along its canal-side cycling routes ...

One of our favorite activities was taking a canal tour of Amsterdam. We loved our canal tour of Amsterdam so much that we did ...

When Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who ruled over Belgium, raised taxes to fund military action abroad, the city refused to pay out. They’d already given a fair share, locals argued, and surely ...

The romantic city is filled with medieval buildings repurposed into eateries and bars, with winding canal-side paths to wander down. Being one of Belgium’s largest cities, Ghent’s historic ...

Inhabitants of Belgium’s cobblestone-and-canal city of Bruges are clear: summertime tourism has hit capacity. “It’s really reached a red line now,” says one, 55-year-old architect Arnout ...

Inhabitants of Belgium's cobblestone-and-canal city of Bruges are clear: summertime tourism has hit capacity. "It's really reached a red line now," says one, 55-year-old architect Arnout Goegebuer ...

Europe's other top historical canal cities of Venice and Amsterdam have both taken steps to bar cruise ships calling. Venice received a wake-up call in July when UNESCO recommended the city be put ...

Belgium's cobblestone and canal city of Bruges hits 'red line' with summer tourist crowds (iStock) "It's really reached a red line now," says one, 55-year-old architect Arnout Goegebuer ...